The Northwestern Sanitary Fair.

A meeting of ladies was held at Cooper Union yesterday afternoon, at which addresses were made by Mrs. HOGE and Mrs. LIVERMORE, in reference to the great Northwestern Sanitary Fair to be opened in Chicago on the 1st of June.

Rev. Dr. BELLOWS introduced the ladies in a few complimentary remarks. He said that over a year age the ladies of Chicago started a sanitary fair for the benefit of the soldiers, which realized $80,000. It was followed by others throughout the principal cities of the North, some of which realized as much as a million of dollars. The ladies have now visited this city to solicit aid for the great Northwestern Fair. which is to close the series. In concluding, he spoke of the great commercial interest New-York has in the growth, and prosperity of Chicago, and hoped there would be a liberal response to the appeal of the ladies.

Mrs. HOGE made a brief and interesting address, in which she said they intended to exceed all other fairs, and many respects it would be peculiar in its aspects. They had secured an acre of ground near Lake Michigan, on which commodious buildings are to be erected. They will also occupy the Soldier's Rest and Home, a building four hundred feet long, which will be connected with the main building. The Monitor House will be a prominent feature of the lair. It will be a large amphitheater, extending over the water, in which will be many small vessels. It is also proposed, as a part of the programme, to have a miniature sea-fight, There will be an Indian department, exhibiting the barbaric splendor of a race rapidly fading away. There will also be a New-England Kitchen, with its veritable spinning-wheel, which will come from the New-England States. The public schools through-out the Northwest will be made an auxiliary of the fair, three thousand of the pupils singing at a time under the leadership of an efficient teacher. It is expected that the President, Mrs. LINCOLN. Secretary STANTON, Admiral FARRAGUT and lady, Chief-Justice CHASE, and Mrs. Gov. SPRAGUE will be present at the opening. Mrs. S.A. DOUGLAS and Mrs. Gen. SHERMAN will have charge of the Roman Catholic department of the fair. The citizens of Philadelphia, the speaker said, have organized, and will have a department in the fair. In conclusion she paid an eloquent tribute to the self-sacrificing spirit of the people of the Northwest to the cause of the Union.

Mrs. LIVERMORE gave an interesting account of the Sanitary Fair at Dubuque.

It is probable that the ladies of this city will form a department for the fair.

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